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UNITED STATES Patented March 7, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK S. INGOLDSBY AND JOSEPH R. BO\VLING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. -ASSIGNORS TO THE INGOLDSBY"AUTOMATIC (JAR COMPANY, OF ST.

LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,265, datedMarch '7, 1905.

Application filed December 21, 1903. Serial No. 185,942.REISSUED To all whom it vnag concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANK S. INGOLDSBY and J OSEPH R. BOWLING, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of 5 Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the aceompanyingdrawings.

I Our invention relates to cars, and particularly to dumping-cars of the Ingoldsby type, and has for its object to improve the door hinging and closing mechanism thereof, to employ with such mechanism an improved I construction of floor-bracing, and to simplify the construction of the bearing-plates for the car sides.

The invention may be described generally as consisting of the features of construction embodied in the specification and drawings and set forth in their essential combinations in the claims hereto appended.

Figure 1 represents the side elevation of a car embodying our invention, the struts and bearing-plates being omitted for clearness of illustration. Fig. 2 represents a bottom plan view of the car shown in Fig. 1, the dumpingdoors on one side being omitted. Fig. 3 represents an enlarged view of one of the end 3 portions ofthe car, the side and the lower and upper chords being broken away near the end to show the construction and arrangement of parts. Figs. 1 and 5 are sectional elevations on the lines4 4 and 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 rep resents a side elevation of a portion of our car having applied thereto one form of our bearing-plate. Fig. 7 represents an enlarged elevation of such bearing-plate. Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13,15, and 16, inclusive, represent 4 side elevations of different modifications of our invention, while Fig. liie-presents a plan view of the bearing-plate shown in Fig. 13. Fig. 17 represents a transverse sectional view taken through one of our doors. resents a detail in plan view of the floor-beam employed with such door, the locking-lever Fig. 18 rep being shown in section. Fig. 19 represents a transverse sectlonal elevatlon of our central longitudinal beam. Fig. 20 represents a detail in bottom plan view showing the door 5 hinging and tying straps carried by the central longitudinal beam. Fig. 21 represents an enlarged sectional detail of our central longitudinal beam, showing the manner of applying thereto the journal-plates for the dooroperating shaft; and Fig. 22 represents a detail in front elevation of such journal-plates and surrounding parts.

Describing the parts by letters, A designates the side of a car which may. be of any approved 6L construction, that shown being one of the lngoldsby type. Near the operating end of the car is pivoted the lever F, which is connected by the link G to the door-locking levers H, said levers being pivoted to the lower sill or 5 chord B and provided with hooks 11 for engaging the latches k of the doors K. The link G preferably comprises the two sections g and g, united by a breakable connection g of the type shown in application Serial No. 7 51,656 of Frank S. Ingoldsby, filed March 18, 1901, the object of such connection being to permit of the dumping of one or both doors on the same side of the car by a single operation of the lever F. The dumping-doors K are shown as hinged at l" below and at one side of the central beam R, and each extends from the bottom of the inclined door a to the cross-beam a.

The features thus far described are common 30 to the l ngoldsby type of car and need not be enlarged upon in this connection.

Door closing] (mil hing/Z11 1 uwc/mvu'mn. At a point below the central beam structure and slightly nearer the center of the car than the 5 hinges of the doors we have located a rockshaft L. This rock-shaft extends substantially the entire length of the bottom of the car, be-

ing carried by the journals 1. These journals may be formed of bent metal shapes which are secured to the under side of the longitudinal beam. The number and location of such journals is immaterial so'far as our invention is concerned, it being essential only that the rock-shaft shall be supported securely and in such manner as to prevent the flexion of the same. The'end of the shaft adjacent .to the operating end of the car may for further rigidity besupported by the bolster M in any suitable manner, as by journaling the end thereof in the web on of such bolster. As in the case with the door-operating shaft shown in Patent No. 7 20,031 to F. S. Ingoldsby, the shaft L is preferably made of two portions Z I, connected at the car center by a flexible joint i of any approved construction, permitting the sagging of the center of the car without interfering with the operation of the shaft to close the doors. The portion Z* of the shaft extends from the center of the car only a sufficient distance to secure proper support for the same, terminating, as shown in Fig. 1, near the inclined end of the car. To the end of the shaft adjacent to the operating end of the car-is rigidly secured a lever-arm Z. At nearly right angles to said lever-arm there are also rigidly secured to said shaft the arms Z for closing the doors. These arms Z extend nearly to the free edge of the doors K, being rounded off at the upper surface of their extremities and bearing against a-rub-plate is of any approved construction. If desired, an antifriction-roller may be journaled in the end of each of said arms Z, or such roller may be journaled in the door, so as to forms. bearing for the end of the arm F.

In order to conveniently operate the rockshafts L to close the doors, we employ the following mechanism: Extending from the inclined end a of the car to the central beam structure is a plate N, said plate being secured in any suitable manner to said end and central beam structure. Extending from the crosscap a of the car-body to the central beam structure and suitably secured to such beam structure is-the plate 0. These plates are provided with journals for the shaft P. Chains 70, connected to the levers l, are secured to diametnically opposite points on said shaft. In order to insure the simultaneous closing of the doors on both sides of the car, adjustable connections, as turnbuckles p, are interposed between said chains and the ends of the levers l, the upper portions of said levers being offset outwardly, as shown, to provide space for the insertion of said turnbuckles between the 55 upper ends thereof and the shaft when the doors are closed. By means of a gear-wheel p lprigid with the shaft P, and a pinion p, meshng with/said gear-wheel and provided with an opepating crank p, the doors may be raised with comparatively small expenditure ofv powdr: The crank and pinion may besupported in any suitable manner, as between the plate N and the plate 0, carried by he end Sill a The pinion-shaft is pro v ided with a s oted to the plate 0.

. The mechanism hereinbefore described may be operated to dump the car and to close the doors without the necessity for any additional mechanism. In order, however. to prevent the rotation of the crank go at the time when the doors are dropped, we have devised the following construction: The end of the shaft P is carried in a collar or journal-box p fitting in a slot 0 in the plate 0. A weighted pawl f, pivoted at f on the plate 0 and having a hook f engaging the lower face ,of the journal-box, normally supports this journalbox'in aposition to insure an enmeshing of the gear 72 with the pinion 2 By means of a handle f the pawl may be operated to throw the gear 0 out of mesh with the pinion p just before the doors are dropped. Toprovide, however, for the automatic disengagement of said gear and pinion on the dropping of the doors, the lever F on each side of the car is rigidly connected to a rock-shaft f, extending to the central portion of. the car and there provided at its end with a suitable projection f, adapted to engage the lower extremity of,an armf, secured to the pawl f. This arm f is loosely pivoted to the arm of the pawl and is preferably provided at its lower end with a weight f such Weight being of suflicient widthto permit the engagement thereof by both projections f. A keeper 0 on the plate 0 is employed to prevent too great displacement of the arm f space being provided between the plate Oand the portion of the keeper opposite said plate to permit the 1 arm f to be moved a sufiicient distance from said plate to enable the projections f to pass under the same when the lever F is operated to lock the doors. In order to insure that the ratchet 2 a pawl p for said ratchet beingpivweighted end of the arm f shall .be in oper- I05 ative relation to the projections f" at the time when it is desired to operate the levers F, a spring 0 is attachedto the keeper 0 in such manner as to press the weighted end of the arm toward the plate 0 and retain such end ,II above the outer ends of the projections?=. alt will of course be understood that the arrangement and proportions of the parts are such that the gear p and pinion p are thrown out of mesh by the operation of the lever F 1 5 slightly in advance of the dropping'of the doors. By means of a lever Q, pivoted to the plate and having an'end q engaging the lower face of the journal-box p the shaft P may be lifted into position to permit the hook f of'the pawl fto engage such lower face of the journal-box, the lever beingprov-ided *with a handle q for the purpose ,of operating the same. I

' Secured to the under sides of the doors K F 5 are the floor-beams it. ,These beams are'of ordinary rolled sections, .preferably angleirons, as shown in Figs. '17 and 18. The hori';

z'ontal member of the angle-iron is bent into an I shape at [c to form ahinge for the door, the end of the horizontal member being 'bent back'upon itself at 70* and being secured to the 5 other part of said member and the door by means of a bolt Z' By this construction the strength of the hinge is materially increased. Secured to the inward edge of the door and extending over the hinge k is the bent plate I is, which we ordinarily employ with our doors and which is shown, described. and claimed in Patent No. 706,662, granted to F. S. In-

goldsby; This plate is secured to the hinge by means of a countersunk rivet k. In order I to provide an antifriction portion for the hinge and at the same time allow ample room for inserting the rivet A." during the work of construction or repairs, we interposeashort metal sleeve 76 said sleeve fitting said hinge-eye with sufficient closeness to retain it in place during the operation of the door and being further held in position by the strap-irons r 1* described later. i r

At its outer end the vertical member ofthe floor-beam is extende'dbeyond thehorizontal member and is bent in the manner shown in Fig. 18 to provide a beveled service forengagement with the side of the locking-lever H. This lever is itself provided with a beveled 3 surface at the top of the hookportion, as is ordinary with the levers employed with the Ingoldsby cars. w

Pairs of U- shaped bolts r r extend over the longitudinal beam R and through the .side

members thereof in the samemanner as shown in Patent No. 613,279, granted to RS. In-

goldsby. Instead of employing with these bolts castings for tying across the underside of the central beam, as shown in said patent, we

'4 employ two plain strap-irons r r, bent into the 5 ing for the nuts 7, by which said bolts are,

tightened. This arrangement provides ina simple way and without waste of material for the strength required for that portion of which extends outwardly beyond the bolts r. In Figs. 21 and 22 we have shown a form of plate which weemploy at the points'where it is desired to form ajournal for the doorraising shaft-L. This plate isa wrought-metal bent shape, the central portionm of which 9 extends betweel and beneath the strap irons r, the ends of said plate then being bent inwardly asuflicient distance toreceive the U.- bolts 9' and to'form bearing-surfaces for the nuts thereon and then being bent downwardly .tofore used for the'door-hinging and shaftto form the vertical depending. portions 1*, said portions having holes r cut therein for the reception of the shaft L.

' The employment of forgings and ordinary rolled shapes for the malleable castings herejournaling members results in a decided gain in economy of construction, while the struc tural details of such members insure strength and efiiciency of operation of such members.

Floor-bracing c0nstruc'tc'0n.As an improvement in the method of bracing the end of the floor-frame, whereby the said frame may better resist the strains to which it is subjected-as, for instance, whenfthe car is being pulled around sharp curves or is being roughly coupledas well as to permit of the eflective operation of the door-raising mechanism, we have devised the following construction. f

To the lower sides of the longitudinal beam 8 5 members 7* are bolted the extension-beams r,

- said extension-beams reaching from a point beprovided with nuts 23, whereby the tension IOO of the same may be adjusted. As a convenient and economical manner of providing bearings for the nuts on the inner extremities of; the tie-rods we bend the ends of the plate. r

in the manner'shown in Fig. 2, wherebythe inclined surfaces 0* are formed at substantially right angles to thedirection of the tierods, and said inclined portions of the plate are reinforced by reason of the extremities of the same bearing against the body of the plate.

The arrangement of the tie-rods above described enables us to operatethe levers Z, con- IIO .nected to the shafts L, without interference with the tie-rods and without unduly shortening said levers. I

With theconstruction of tie-rod above described we employ struts V, extending from the junction of the members 1- and the end sill we point near the bolster. To resist the, thrust of these strut members at their ends near the bolsters, we introduce a transverse tie-rod W, having large washers w at each end bearing against the outside of the members B at points adjacent-to the engagement therewith of the said strut members. This construction will efliciently resist the strains to which the lower framingof the car is sub-* jected whengoing around sharp curves.

Bearing-plate construction. Heretoforeg i t thrust of the strut. ends of said plate an opening 6 is formed,

, this purpose we employ a plate of the proper WiCllil'l and thickness and place the same in a die, wherein it is bent cold to the desired shape at one operation, thus doing away with the expense and delayincident to making cast-, nag-patterns and annealing, as would be the case were malleable iron or steel castings employed.

A represents a portion of the trussed side of the said car, said side, as hereinbefore described, being provided with upper and lower chords B B, inclined struts C, and tie-rods D.

At either or .both ends of each of the strutsC and interposed between the same and the adjacent chord is the bearing-plate E. This plate in all of the modifications herein disclosed is provided with the flat or horizontal end portions e e, adapted to be secured to the appro priate chord, as by means of screws or nails e. As further shown, these end portions may be provided with portions e of less width than the main body of the plate, which portions may be bent to engage corresponding recesses in the chords, thereby enablingthe plate to be firmly secured against displacement by the Adjacent toone of the through which the tierod D extends, said tierod being secured to the chord, as by the nut.

d and washer tilv on the lower side of the 'chord.' Intermediate of the flat end portions the plate is bent to form a bearing surface or' surfaces for an end of the strut C. In Fig.

7 the plate is shown as bent abruptly at sub- .stantially right angles to the portion e-to form the wall a. From the end of said wall 6 the plate inclines graduallyto its junction with the flat portion 6'. the bearing-surfaces forthe strut C, the chord B or B being recessed to receive the portions -e 0 The inclination of the wall e at sub- The two walls 6 a form stantially right angles to, the chord gives an abutting surface for the strut C, securely anohoring the end of said strut, with a corresponding small depth of recess in the plate.

In the modification shown in Fig. 8 the plate is first bent upwardly, as shown at e, then downwardly at'an obtuse angle to the direction ofthe portion'e, then upwardly on a gradual incline to the portion a, the sides a 6 form- In ig. 9 the plate is'bent upwardly, as is modifi ation shown in Fig. 7.

the e se with the modification shown in Fig.

8, and isthen abruptly bent or crimped at e 5 the portion 0 extending downwardly incontact with the portion 6 for a short distance. The plate is then bent at substantially right angles to the portion 6 the portion 0 thus formed being of a length to accommodate the end of the strut. The plate is then bent upwardly at right angles at 6 said portion 0 extending to the flat portion 6'. This forms a secure seat or anchorage for the end of the strut, and the reentrant angle formed between the portions 0 and e enables the plate to be firmly secured to the chord B.

In the modifications shown in Figs. 10 and 13 the plate is not, bent to asufiicient depth to form a reentrant angle when viewed from above, as is the case with the remaining modifications; but the bent portions 6 e are entirely above the plane of the portions 6 e. In Fig. 13 the wall (2 is at substantially rigl angles to the end portions e e, while in Fig. 10 it forms" an obtuse angle with the plane of said portions. In both of these modifications the portion corresponding to the wall e in the preceding figures may be considered as an extension of the wall e in the plane of said wall. The plate shown in Fig; 11 'is' similar tothat shown in Fig. 9, except that it is notbent or crimped at no form a-retaining-wall for the strut.

' The plate shown in Fig. 12is similar to those shown in Figs. 7 and 8, differing from the The plate shown in Fig. I resemblesthat shown in Fig. 8, the wall e being somewhat higher than that shown in the former figure and the wall e being at substantially right angles to the direction'of the portions 0 e instead of forming an obtilseangle therewith, as in the precedingfigure.

In Fig. 16 the wall 0 is at substantially right angles to the portion e, andthe wall 6, as in the case of Fig. 15, is at right angles to the plane of such portion 6, crimping the plate 6 into contact to the directions of bending the plate relae tively to the portions 6 e, such terms areemployed onlyfor convenience of description, it

I being evident that ifthe plate be applied toing a reentrant angle, as is the case with the the upper end of a 1. In a dumping-car, the combination of oppositely*arranged d um ping-doors, a rock-sh aft for each ofsaid doors, said shaft having rigid therewith one or more arms engaging its door, means carried by said shaft forrocking the same, a common operating means for both of said shafts and a connection between the same and the rocking means carried by said rockshaft whereby the doors may be closed in unison, substantially as described.

2. In a dumping-car, in combination with ,the inclined end and the bottom of said car, a

bolster, adoor for said bottom, a shaft having 3. In a dumping-car, the combination of oppositely-arranged dumping-doors, a rockshaft for each of said doors,-said shaft having rigid therewith one or more arms engaging its door near. the free edge thereof, a lever rigid on said shaft for operating the same, an operating-shaft, and a fiexible'connection between each of said levers and the operatingshaft, whereby the doors may be closed in unison, substantially as'described. v 4. In a dumping-car, the combination of oppositely-arranged dumping-doors, a rockshaft for each of said doors, saidshaft having rigid therewith one or more arms engagingits door near'the free edge thereof, a lever rigid on said shaft for operating the same, an oper-' ating-shaft, a flexible connection between each of said levers and the operating-shaft, and Ineahs for adjusting the length of each of said connections whereby the doors may be closed arm extendingfrom said rockshaft against.

the bottom of said door near thefree edge of the same, a lever rigid with said rock-shaft,.a centrally-arranged operating-shaft above said rock-shaft, and a chain or similar flexible connection between said rock-shaft lever and said operating-shaft, substantially as described.

6. In a dumping-car, in combination with the inclined end and bottom of saidcar, a centrallongitudinal beam, 2. rock-shaft below said beam, a door extending between said central beam and the side of the car and closing against such side, an arm rigid with said rock-shaft and extending from the same adjacent to the 'free edge of the door, a lever rigid with saidl'ock-shaft under the inclined end of the car,

a centrally-located operating-shaft under the inclined end of the car, and a flexible connection between said shaft and the rock-shaft lever, substantially as described.

7. In a dumping-car, in combination with the bottom of the car, a door hinged to the bottom ofv said car, means for closing said door consisting of a rock-shaft extending longitudinally of said door, said shaft having a rigid arm engaging said door near the free edge thereof, a lever rigid with said shaft at'substantially right angleswith said arm, an operating-shaft above said rock-shaft and on the side of the same opposite said arm, and a flexible connection between said operating-shaft and said lever, substantially as described.

8. In a dumping-car, in combination with the bottom of the car, a central longitudinal beam, a door hinged below and at one side of said beam, .a rock-shaft extending longitudinally of the door and journaled to the central beam below the hinged portion of the door. an arm or arms rigid with said rock-shaft and engaging the door near the free edge thereof, a lever rigid with said rock-shaft at an angle with said arm or arms, a shaft above said rock-shaft, and a connection between said shaft and the lever on the rock-shaft, substantially as described.

9. In a dumping-car, in combination with the inclined end and bottom of said car, a door for said bottom of the car, a shaft extending longitudinally of the car and having means thereon for closing said door, said shaft being extended at one end beneath the inclined end of the car, an operating-shaft under the inclined end of said car, a connection between said operating-shaft and said first-mentioned shaft for operating the latter, substantially as described.

10. In a dumping-car, in combination with the inclined end and bottom of said car, a door for said bottom of. the car, a shaft extending longitudinally of .the car and having means thereon for closing said door, said shaft being extended at one end beneath the inclined end of the car, an arm rigid with said shaft for rocking the same, said arm being under the inclined end of the car, an operating-shaft under theinclined end of the car, and a flexible connection between said shaft and said arm, substantially as described.

11. In a dumping-car, in combination with the inclined end and bottom of said car, a door for said bottom of'the car, a shaft extending longitudinally of the car and provided with 'means engaging said door to close the same,

the end of said shaft being extended beneath the inclinedend ofthe car, plates secured to the inclined end and cross-cap of the body of the car, an operating-shaft journaled in said plates, and a connection between the operating-shaft and the first-mentioned shaft, substantially as described.

12. In a dumping-car, in combination with the bottom of said car, a door hinged to the bottom of said car, mechanism for closing said door, means for locking and unlocking said. door, a lever for operating said locking and unlocking means, and means carried by the lever for throwing part of the door-raising mechanism out of operation when the lever is operated to drop the door, substantially as described.

13. In a dumping-car, in combination with the bottom of said car, a door hinged to the bottom of said car, gear-provided means for closing said door, a crank and pinion for operating said last-mentioned means, means for locking and unlocking said door, a lever for actuating said locking and unlocking means,

a rock-shaft to which said lever is fulcrnmed, and means carried by said rock-shaft for'throwing the. pinion and gear-provided means out of mesh when the lever is operated in adirectiori to drop the doors,substantially as demesh, said means consisting of'a pawl engaging the under portion of the operating-shaft,

-an arm depending from said pawl, means for locking and unlocking the doors, a lever for operating said locking and unlocking means, and means, operated 'by the lever, engaging said arm to trip the pawl when the lever is operated in a direction to open the-door, substantially as described.

15. In a dumping-car, in combination with the bottom thereof, a door for said bottom, meansfor closing said door, said means comprising enmeshing gears, one of said gears having an operating-handle, means for bolding said gears in mesh, said means comprising a weighted pawl having an arm connected thereto, means for locking and unlocking said door, and means operated by said locking and unlocking means and engaging said arm to trip the pawl and throw the gears out of mesh when the locking and unlocking means are operated to drop the doors, substantially as described.

16. In a dumping-car, in combination with the bottom of said car, a door for the bottom outer end of ve'r is operated in a direction to drop the door, substantially'as described.

17. In a dumping-car, in combination with 1 spring in the said keeper pressing against'the ing said means, and a rock-shaft to which said lever is rigidly fulcrumed, said rock-shaft being provided with'a projection engaging the said arm, substantially as described:

18. In a dumping-car, in combination'with the sides and bottom of the car, a central longitudinal beam, doors hinged to the opposite,

sides of said beam and extending to said side's, means for-raising said doors, saidmeans comprising a; centrally-located operating shaft havingaa gear thereon and a gear having a crank-arm rigid therewith meshing with the first-mentioned gear, means comprising a weighted arm-for holding said gears in mesh with each other, means carried by each of said sides for locking'and unlocking the doors, .a' i

lever on each side for operating such locking and unlocking means;- a transverse rock-shaft to which each of said levers is fulcrumed, each too of said shafts having at its inner end a pm: jection for engaging the weighted arm to trip 4 the pawl and throw the gears out of mesh at i 7 the time when either of said levers is operated in a direction to unlock its door, substantially as described.

19. The combination with a car, of a door, hinged to said car, a reinforcing angle-iron ;v beam having one flange secured to said door,

20. The combination with a car, of a door.

for said car, of a reinforcingangie-iron beam for said door. having one flange 'secu red to the beam of thedoor, said flange being extended: beyond the other and being bent to form a hinge-eye and then extended back upon itself,

and a bolt passing through theend and portion of said flange andsecuringthe same: I;

to the door, substantially as described;

21.- Ina car, in combination with the side and'bottom thereof, a central longitudinal beam provided withrneans at its lower edge means, substanfor pjpvoting a doorjthereto, a reinforcing ana having one of its flanges secured V to the bottom of said door, said flan e being extended beyond the other flange and bent to form a hinge-eye, a sleeve within said eye, and a pintle extending through said sleeve and through members secured to the beam, substantially as described;

22. In a car, in combination with the bottom thereof, a central longitudinal beam, said beam having at its side an overhanging portion, means secured to said beam and extending beneath said overhanging portion for pivoting said door, a beam secured to the lower side of the door, said beam beingbent upon itself to form a hinge-eye for the door, a plate secured to the upper surface of theldoor and extending over said eye, and means for securing together said eye and plate, substantially a's'de scribed. Y

"23. Inacar, a combination with the side and bottom thereof, a'door hinged near the central portion of the bottom and extending to the side, an angle-iron beam having one flange secured to the beam of said door, the other flange extending beyond the free edge of the door beyond the first flange and bent-to form a beveled surface, a locking-lever pivoted to the side of said lever having a hook engaging the projecting end of the beam and bearing against the beveled portion'the'reof, substantially as described.

24. In a car, in combination with the side and bottom thereof, a central longitudinal beam, a pair of bolts having their body portions extending over'said beam and their extremities extending-through the sides of said beam, a pair of straps extending across the underside of said beam'i-n-line with said bolts, a plate extending across said straps, said straps and said plate having openings therethrough for the passage of the bolts, nutson the ends of said bolts, said nuts bearing against said plate, a door hinged to said straps and exthereof, a plateo'n each side'of said beam ex- 5 5- bolts to said plates, doors pivoted to said straps tending beneath both of said straps, said plates "and straps-having openings thereth rough for the passage ofthe bolts, nuts for securing said and extending between the bottom and the sides of the car, and means carried by the side of the car for locking said doors closed thereagainst, substantially as described,

26. A'car having a bottom and sides, acentral-longitudin'al beam, a door extending between said bottom and said sides, and means for hinging said door to said bottom, said means comprising a strap-plate extending across the under side of said beam the end of said strap-plate being bent to form an eye and then being turned back upon itself, a boltextending through said beam and through both members of the strapplate to secure the same in position beneath the beam, the door being provided with a hinge-eye, and a pintle extending through said hinge-eyeand through the eye formed in the strap, substantially as described.

27. In a car, in combination with a beam, a door, means for pivoting said door to said beam, said means comprising a pair of strapplates secured to the under side of said beam, said plates being bent to form hinge-eyes be: low and at one side of the beam, the ends of said strap-plates being extended beneath the I 28. In a car, in combination with the bottom thereof,- a longitudinal beam, a door hinged to said beam, a shaft for closing said door, and a bearing carried .by said beam for said shaft, said bearing consisting of a plate secured to the bottom and having a pair of downward extensions having journals therein for'said shaft, substantially as described.

29. In a car, the combination of a beam, a pair of straps extending beneath said beam and provided with eyes adjacent to the loweredge'o'f the beam, a bent metal shape extending from one of said straps to the other. and

beneath the same and having a depending portion, bolts extending through said beam and through said straps and portions of the bent metal shape to secure the same to the beam, a door having hinge-eyes cooperating with the eyes in the straps, and an operating-shaft for closing said door, said shaft being journaled in the downwardly-extended portion of the bent metal shape, substantially as described.

30. In a car, the combination of a beam, a pair of straps extending beneath said beam and provided with eyes adjacent to the lower edge of the beam, a bent metal shape extending from one of said straps to the otherand beneath the same, said shape consisting of an intermediate body portion extending from one of said straps to the other and beneath the same,- the end portions of said shape beoperating with the eyes in the straps to form naled near the center of said bottom for eleas described.

vating the doors, the end of said shaft extendingto'the bolster, an operating-lever rigid with said shaft near the extremity thereof, and a tie-rod having one end secured near the longitudinal axis of the bottom of the car and between said bolster and the center of the car, said tie-rod extending to a point adjacent to the junction of the bolster and side member of the car, substantially as described;

33. In a car, in combination with the bottom thereof, a bolster, a side member, an end sill, a door hinged to said bottom and extending to a point between the transverse axis or" the car and the bolster, a longitudinal shaft for closing said door, said shaft beingjournaled near the center of the car and having one extremity extending as far as the bolster, a lever rigidwith said shaft near said extremity, a tie rod having one end secured at a point near the outer end of said door, said tie-rod extending in proximity to the side member at the junction of the bolster therewith and from there to the end sill of the car, substantially 34. In a car, the combination'with a central longitudinal beam, a bolster, an end sill, a strap on the under side of the longitudinal beam having a suitable bearing, and a tie-rod extending upward-from said strap to the side of the carat a point above the junction therewith of the holster and from saidpoint parllel with said side throughthe endsill, substanti-filly as described.

35, 111 a car, the, combination, with the endsil-Fahd the bolster thereof, oiapairof tierods'having their outer extremitiesextending tl'I-ough the end sill near the outer-ends thereof, saidrods extending u wardly and parallel with the sides of the'car toa poiiit above the bolster and thence extending inwardly and downwardly to a point'adjacentto the center:

of the car, SubstantiaI-Iy asLdBQcr'EhedQ' 36. In a car, the comb gitudinal; central. member, a side. member, a bolster, andgan end. sill, of atie-rodextending 6v .fromthe'endsill near the outer end thereof parallgl-withgjthe. side member to a paint in hnewrth the' junction of the bolster arid side member, thence inwardlyto the centrallongitudinal member, substantially as described.

natmn, was a lon vsaaea 37. In a car, the combination, with a central longitudinal member, a bolster, a side member, and an end sill,'of a tie-rod extending from the outer portion of said end sill to a point near the junction of said bolster and side member, thence inwardly to said longitudinal member, and a strut extending from the end sill to a point adjacent to the junction tially as described.

38. In a car, the combination of a central longitudinal beam, a bolster, an end sill, a strap on the under sideof the longitudinal end sill above the bolster and through the sion of the same, substantially as described. 39. In a car, the combination of a central longitudinal beam, a bolster, an end sill, aside near one end thereof upwardly and parallel bolster' then downwardly and iawardly'to the stant-ially as described. J

members, a pair of tie-rods each extending abovethe bolster, thence downwardlyand in:

beam, a strapextendin aerosssaid longitudinal beam having opemngs th'erethrough for the passageof said tie-rods, and meanson the ends of said tie-rods for adjusting the tension thereof, substantially as described. I,

41. In acar, the combination of the central longitudinal beam, of an end sill, extensionbeams secured to tlielower side-ofv said longi t'udinal beam having their inner ends beveled, or-inclined, a strap s'ecuredto'and extending across said beveled ends, tie-rods extending from the end sill through said strap, and means for adjusting the tially as'desc'ribedv 42, The corn binationwith a trussed car side, of a bearing-plate having'end'portions in the same plane,means"for securing the same to a chord of theside,lsai dplate'having two intermediate'portions bent from the end portions tension of said rodsfshbstanforming a portion ofthe ear side and'bearing j at itsend on both of-said intermediate portions,

substantiallyasdescribed.

- 43. In acar side, the combination of an an net and a lowerchord,. of inclined struts ex- ;eteziding between. said chords, or a bearing horizontal end portions and means for secur-. each of said end portions to a chord, and

of the bolster and the side member, substa'nformed thereon, a tie-rod extending from the bearing-surface of said strap, and a nut on the end of said tie-rod for adjusting the ten-' with said side member to a point above. the

40. In a car, the combinationof longitudinal beam, a bolster, an end sill-,-side.,

from a point ad jac'entto the outer end o'tthe end sill parallel with a sidejmember tea point;

wardly to the bottom o. mid longitudinaland meeting eta commonpoint. fllstrut' the junction of the longitudinal member and.

beam having an angular bearing-surface member, a tie-rod extending from the end sill .90}. lower portion of said longitudinal beam 'sub Q plate, said bearing-platebeing provided with with two portions inclined with respect to said strut face "of such I chord toward the other end portions and meeting at a common point, chord, substantially as described.

said inclined portions both forming bearing- In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our surfaces for an end of a single strut, substansignatures in the presence of two witnesses. 5t tially as described.

\ 44. In a car side, the combination of an upper and lower chord, an inclined strut between them, a bearing-plate for one end of said strut Witnesses:

lying partially within a recess in one of the CHAS. M. MEYER," I0 chords and partially projecting beyond the MARY' D. WHITCOMB'. 

